Sentence examples for total defeat for from inspiring English sources

WHY does the article say that the result of the budget standoff was a near total defeat for Republican conservatives?

Tuesday's ruling was not a total defeat for Mr. Montejo, as the majority sent the case back to the state court, saying he should be allowed to pursue other grounds on which to have the incriminating letter suppressed.

The result of the impasse that threatened the nation's credit rating was a near total defeat for Republican conservatives, who had engineered the budget impasse as a way to strip the new health care law of funding even as registration for benefits opened Oct. 1 or, failing that, to win delays in putting the program into place.

The Allied forces were routed at Vevi and the Battle of the Metaxas Line had ended in total defeat for the Greek Army on 9 April.

Harder added that the dismissal of the case allied to the awarding of fees amounted to "a total victory for the president, and a total defeat for Stormy Daniels in this case".

A conflict over land can be settled by dividing the land -- but a clash of cultures can only end in absolute victory for one side and total defeat for the other.

He refuses to advocate weight loss by any means, pushing instead for a total defeat of body-image disorder by providing women with tangible evidence of their flawed perceptions.

The total defeat of non-communal parties led the Alliance to perceive the political atmosphere as inhospitable for multi-racial parties.

A passionate vocation for happiness, always betrayed and misdirected, ends in a need for total defeat; it is completely foreign to what, in my heart of hearts, I've always known could be mine if it weren't for this constant desire to fail.

Also, different viewpoints of successful entrepreneurs who certainly experienced a small defeat but could come out of them versus unsuccessful entrepreneurs who experienced total defeat, help policy makers for better facilitation of business process and also providing the suitable entrepreneurship education programs.

There will not be the happy ending that most people hoped for in 2001, but nor will there be the total defeat that many now expect.